In the eyes of the older generation, the "movie feel" is actually a "film feel", with a little trace of old age and a little bit of grain;
But in reality On the other hand, it is a storytelling atmosphere created through props, lens language, sound field, composition and other elements.
The so-called cinematic feeling is characterized by "more vivid pictures, deeper dark parts, brighter white points, and no loss of details";
Mobile phone shooting is feasible, such as during Apple's New Year A series of short films (Peter Chan's "Three Minutes", Jia Zhangke's "A Bucket").
Texture originally refers to the material reality of objects represented in sculptures, paintings and other artworks, but in photography it is the expression of the level of detail in the finished film.
For example, the softness or roughness of skin, the toughness of jeans, the luster of jewelry, the transparency of glass, the perseverance of steel, the smoothness and elegance of silk, etc.
But the core of the film’s texture lies in: a true sense of story, artificial lighting, harmonious tones, etc.
·Real sense of story
The sense of cinema also exists in the plot, camerawork, post-production, techniques, BGM, etc. This is related to "people", as the so-called "people" are in the movie. A glimpse into the various aspects of life;
“We don’t just use cameras to take pictures, what we bring to photography are all the books we have read, the movies we have seen, the music we have listened to, and the roads we have walked, The person I loved."
So the equipment is not important, what is important is the head behind the camera. Every flower, every tree, every person, every scene, every movement and every stillness is the story in your lens.
“Photos are magical, they are a gift to be opened in the future!”
After all, good image works can allow viewers to appreciate the author’s mentality and Emotional, bringing about screams. ·Artificial Light
Secondly, light is also the core point of photography. The texture and even the formation of the entire picture are composed of countless points, lines, and surfaces. These points, lines, and surfaces are light.
Most of the movie feel is due to lighting. Carefully arranged artificial lighting will bring a relatively strong tone level, showing a sense of dramatic scenes that are difficult to see in real life.
Take "movie-like" portraits as an example. You need to use photos to tell stories, focusing on the integration of scenes and emotions, that is, thinking more about the emotional state that should be expressed in the scene.
Especially photos taken at night such as "Breaking the Night" and "Breaking the Rules of Light" will give people a mysterious, magical or romantic feeling.
To give a typical example, Johnnie To's "PTU" has a strong rhythm of light and shadow. ·Harmonious tones
Then, what I understand as tonal harmony is that the color and style of the photo are mature, which in human terms means it is comfortable to look at;
Before color grading, the style of the photo must be determined , what are the tones adopted? For example, the Japanese style works are generally bright and bright, which requires you to increase the brightness and shadow.
Specific coloring ideas: the overall tone is darker, warm colors are orange, and cool colors are bluish; other colors are low-saturated to unify the overall picture coordination; add grain, vignetting, and slight fading to create a rubbery feel.
This is also called giving a "movie color", which is your unique style color cast. For example, "Chungking Express" is more cyan and "Pumping Heart" is more magenta. It depends on the content, theme or emotional connotation.
In short, appropriate color matching can often match the picture to enhance the emotional expression of the work and enhance the texture of the work.
Finally, the picture proportion, tone, and lighting all serve the sense of story and work for the plot.
The key to making good films is to shoot more, watch more, and think more; figure out the composition, lensing and lighting of classic films, and try to imitate and copy them.
The most important thing about good photos is that they are both real and natural, and have undergone necessary and high-level processing. Post-production editing to enhance the color is also indispensable!